''The Old Prince'' is the second studio album by

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rapper Shad, released October 23, 2007 on Black Box Recordings. On June 30, 2009 it was re-released on iTunes on the same label.

Singles

Videos have been made for four tracks from the album, "I Don't Like To", "Brother (Watching)", "Compromise" and "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home". The video for "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home", a spoof of the opening credits to the television series '' The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'', won

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's 2008 Bucky Award for Best Video.

Award nominations

*The album was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the

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. *The album was nominated for the

2008 Polaris Music Prize The 2008 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 30, 2008, at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. The prize was won by Caribou for his album ''Andorra''. Unlike in prior years, the Polaris Prize committee did ...

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Track listing

References

2007 albums Shad (rapper) albums Concept albums {{2007-hiphop-album-stub